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Author:: Agarwal, Ankit
Title:: Evaluation of a Commercially Available Visual-Inertial Odometry Solution for Indoor Navigation
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: computer vision
vision based navigation
slam
autonomy
File:: Download agarwal_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Ho, Chien Hsiu
Title:: INVESTGATION OF BEAMED-MICROWAVE PLASMA GENERATION IN SUPERSONIC FLOW
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Propulsion
Beamed Energy Propulsion
Plasma
File:: Download Dissertation_Ho_Full_200805.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Chien, Wen Yu
Title:: Stereo-camera Occupancy Grid Mapping
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: 3D occupancy grid mapping
stereo camera
RealSense
SLAM
UAV
inverse sensor model
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Chien_v20.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Chen, Zhouzhou
Title:: active stabilization of rotorcraft external slung loads in high speed flight using an active cargo hook
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Slung load
High-speed carriage
Active stabilization
Active cargo hook
Wind-tunnel test
System identification
Feedback control
Dynamic simulation
File:: Download AERSP_MS_Thesis_Zhouzhou_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Enciu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Botre, Mrunali
Title:: Rotorcraft noise prediction system validation and analysis for generating noise abatement procedures
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Acoustics
PSU-WOPWOP
Validation
File:: Download Dissertation.pdfDownload Appendices.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Topcuoglu, Ilker
Title:: Fully Implicit Schemes for Low Mach Number Flows
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: computational fluid dynamics
navier-stokes
thermally driven flows
confined flows
fully implicit solution of navier-stokes equations
newton linearization of navier-stokes equations
block algebraic multigrid
fully coupled solution of navier-stokes equations
momentum continuity energy coupling
block coupled solution of navier-stokes
finite volume method
File:: Download itopcuoglu_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
David M Williams, Outside Member
Michael Kinzel, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Farish, David
Title:: Large Eddy Simulations of Scaled Wind-Tunnel Experiments for Ship Airwake Analysis
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Large Eddy Simulations
LES
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Ship Airwake
Aerodynamics
Wind Tunnel Validation
File:: Download davidFarish-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Blessington, Ryan
Title:: Passive Balancer Development for Rotor Systems in Icing Conditions
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Passive
Balancing
Passive Balancer
Structural
Dynamics
Structural Dynamics
Icing
Adverse environment
Rotor
rotorcraft
helicopter
imbalance
mass balance
File:: Download Blessington_MS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

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Author:: Rosenberger, Tyler
Title:: An Open-Loop Trajectory Implementation for Free Fall to Powered Flight Transition for Multirotor Aircraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Particle Swarm Optimization
Trajectory Design
PSO
Heuristic
Quadcopter
Quadrotor
Gazebo
ROS
Controls
Implementation
Free Fall
Optimization
Open-Loop
File:: Download Tyler_Rosenberger_Open-Loop_Free_Fall_to_Powered_Flight_Transition.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

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Author:: Crouse, Jacob
Title:: Linear Model Predictive Control with Envelope Detection for Aerial Vehicle-Ship Intercept Scenarios
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: control systems
model predictive control
signal processing
ship motion
multirotor
digital control
optimal control
MATLAB
path planning
File:: Download JacobCrouse-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric N. Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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